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Outstanding

Our daughter, now 3 yrs old, has been with Josephine for 2 and 1/2 years. As parents, we have been deeply impressed in every aspect of childcare provided, and the professionalism of her services.

Following the early years curriculum Josephine has helped nurture creativity, individuality and self-confidence in our daughter, providing a rich and stimulating environment that has aided her development and progression to full time nursery school. In Josephine's care our daughter discovered a love of books, cooking, music, arts and crafts, as well as gardening. She learnt Spanish, and enjoyed her visits with Josephine to the local library, the Tate Britain, Vauxhall Farm and St James' Park.

It has been wonderful to see the special bond that has formed between Josephine and our daughter. We could not have asked for a better experience.

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by William on 08/04/2020

Exceptional care given!!!

My son started when he was 5 months old and left at 22 months old (only because we had moved out of the area, otherwise we would have happily kept him there). The care given was exceptional!!!! This childminder offered a warm and loving environment with lots of things to do. My son regularly attended playgroups, went on trips to the museum, and even had a go at cutting wood during a day out (safety maintained at all times). During the summer my son happily enjoyed splashing around in the paddling pool. I was always kept up to date about my son's development and photos were sent to me at the end of the day showing a variety of activities my son had done that day. I could not recommend her enough, the outstanding ofsted rating is a complete reflection of the care given.

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by Dom on 04/04/2018

Amazing, caring childminder

Josephine has taken care of my son for the past 4 months and I cannot rate her enough. This has been an amazing experience for us. Every evening when I would come to her place and pick him up he would be laughing, with toys in his hands. Every day Josephine is going out, to the library, the gardens, the music group etc. My son developed so well and is so happy, I am really sad we have to say good bye to Josephine and I simply cannot recommend her enough.

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by Parent on 25/07/2017

Fantastic friendly childminder

Josephine is a warm, caring and lovely childminder who my son adores. Being a first time mum I was extremely nervous about childcare of my 5 month old (now 13 months) but I was quickly reassured seeing how happy he was every day. She keeps a day to day diary to show you what he's learnt, development steps, activities etc They go to the farm, library and many playgroups where he's learnt to socialise well & draw. If i wasn't moving he would stay with her as long as possible. I can't recommend her highly enough, she's been amazing.

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by Louise on 23/05/2017

Childminder for 2 of my children

Looked after both my children - my son from 10 months until he started nursery aged 3 and my daughter from age 12 months to 2 years.

We have been very happy with the high quality childcare provided. Both our children have been extremely happy, settled really quickly and are very fond of their childminder. We have been very impressed with the variety of activities the children have done, from learning Spanish, to trips to the library, playgroups, playgrounds, St James' Park, and gardening as well as painting, crafts and baking at home. Our daughter particularly enjoyed a bag of resources sent home each week with toys, jigsaw puzzles and books.

I would very happily recommend this childminder to other parents.

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by Parent on 19/05/2016